Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-306

  Gotoh, Momokazu ^a   Homma, Yukio ^b   Funahashi, Yasuhito ^a   Matsukawa, Yoshihisa ^a   Kato, Masashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Psychometric validation; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 62149097880     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.02237.x     Document Type: Article

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